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Saprophyte Moderate

Saprophyte has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an organism that feeds on dead organic matter especially a fungus or bacterium

2

any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria

See Also
organic autophyte viridin holosaprophyte organism saprobic saprophytes saprophytic
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
organism
Rhyming Words
kyte wyte byte hyte cyte leyte flyte tbyte phyte whyte tryte kenyte qubyte baryte spryte oocyte up kyte acolyte epicyte eophyte
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